Amend HB 1914 (Senate committee printing) by striking all 
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:                                         
		(1)  "Authority" means the Private Sector Prison 
Industries Oversight Authority established under Subchapter C, 
Chapter 497, Government Code.
		(2)  "Department" means the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice.           
	SECTION 2.  STUDY.  (a)  The authority and the department 
shall jointly conduct a study regarding the operation and 
modernization of the private sector prison industries program under 
Subchapter C, Chapter 497, Government Code.  In conducting the 
study, the authority and the department shall examine whether:
		(1)  the operation of private sector prison industries 
programs in this state causes a loss of existing jobs for employees 
in this state who are not incarcerated or imprisoned;
		(2)  new requirements are necessary to ensure that 
private sector prison industries programs are operated in a manner 
that is designed to avoid the loss of existing jobs for employees in 
this state who are not incarcerated or imprisoned;
		(3)  a governmental entity, before entering into a 
contract with an employer for a private sector prison industries 
program, should be required to notify legislators, local officials, 
and labor and business leaders of the contract;
		(4)  a contract entered into by a governmental entity 
concerning a private sector prison industries program should be 
required to include:
			(A)  specific job descriptions for any work that 
will be performed by participants under the contract;  and
			(B)  a specific description of any product that 
will be manufactured under the contract;
		(5)  contracts concerning a private sector prison 
industries program should be made available on a publicly 
accessible Internet website;
		(6)  the statutory limitation on the overall number of 
participants in private sector prison industries programs should be 
lowered;  and
		(7)  the private sector prison industries expansion 
account established under Section 497.056, Government Code, should 
be used to construct work facilities for private sector prison 
industries programs.
	(b)  The authority and the department may contract with any 
appropriate person or entity to assist in conducting the study 
under this section.
	SECTION 3.  REPORT.  Not later than September 1, 2010, the 
authority and the department shall jointly report the results of 
the study conducted under this Act to the governor, the lieutenant 
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the 
standing committees in the senate and the house of representatives 
that have primary jurisdiction over corrections.  The report may 
include recommendations for legislation to address any areas of 
concern raised by the study.
	SECTION 4.  EXPIRATION.  This Act expires October 1, 2010.                     
	SECTION 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect 
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members 
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas 
Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for 
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.